There's no doubt how great of a player David Ferreira has been since joining FC Dallas but also
around Major League Soccer. However, the fact that the entire attack is built around "El Torito"
also presents some problems, namely if a foe is effective at collapsing the middle of the field and
marking Ferreira doggedly, it can often result in a long and unproductive night for Schellas
Hyndman's club.
Earlier this year, when Toronto FC has a winless club, Wednesday's date at FC Dallas Stadium looked
like a sure three points for the home side. But with the Reds now on a nice run of form under new
head coach Paul Mariner and FCD currently languishing in a franchise-record 11-game winless streak,
this one is definitely a toss-up.
After over two weeks off, FC Dallas returns to the pitch this Saturday night at BBVA Compass
Stadium in Houston against the hated Dynamo. Here's what FCD head coach Schellas Hyndman had to say
about his side's next foe.
Everything seemed to be going well for the Los Angeles Galaxy on Saturday night.
Opening up the 2012 MLS season as defending champions against a heated foe, the Galaxy came out
firing throughout and finally breaking through with a second half goal by Edson Buddle.
But just as quickly and so suddenly, it all fell apart in one 12-minute span.
Everything seemed to be going well for the Los Angeles Galaxy on Saturday night.
Opening up the 2012 MLS season as defending champions against a heated foe, the Galaxy came out
firing throughout and finally breaking through with a second half goal by Edson Buddle.
But just as quickly and so suddenly, it all fell apart in one 12-minute span.
Everything seemed to be going well for the Los Angeles Galaxy on Saturday night.
Opening up the 2012 MLS season as defending champions against a heated foe, the Galaxy came out
firing throughout and finally breaking through with a second half goal by Edson Buddle.
But just as quickly and so suddenly, it all fell apart in one 12-minute span.
With both the U.S. men's national team and U.S. women's national team claimed shutout wins, U.S.
Soccer just needed a victory from Caleb Porter's Under-23 side to enjoy a dream leap year day.
Porter's team got that win and it did so in convincing fashion against a formidable foe.
A pair of MLS teams take to the road in CONCACAF Champions League play aiming for results that will
help take them one step closer to the knockout stage.
The Seattle Sounders are in Trinidad and Tobago to face Caledonia, a team Seattle handled at
CenturyLink Field 3-1 on Aug.
New York Red Bulls Designated Player Rafa Marquez will once again be designated to the injured
list.
Red Bulls head coach Hans Backe said a scan of his calf revealed another injury, forcing the
former Mexican captain out of the team's next several games.
One of the uncertainties of the MLS season should be cleared up on Wednesday.
According to the Philadelphia Daily News, MLS will announce the opponent for the 2012 MLS
All-Star Game at a press conference tomorrow. The MLS All-Stars have taken on a club from the
United Kingdom in each of the last seven seasons, with Manchester United being the opponent the
last two years.
The USWNT definitely got needs, though. Today, the yen is to see off quarterfinal foe New Zealand
at Old Trafford. If they can do that, they will be one step closer to making the fact that Sean
holds final tickets super-awesomererer. - Greg Seltzer
Pepe provides the best argument against creationism. He is also badly in need of foe vs friend
identification. The Real Madrid defender is emblematic of Jose Mourinho. If the Special One rejoins
the Premiership he will brings its collective IQ down to protozoan levels.
Santos Laguna have a game tonight, which by extension naturally means Herculez Gomez has scored. A
cool far post finish at the half hour at Champions League foe Toronto FC gives him a seven-game
scoring streak across all competition and four in three games this month against MLS opponents.Clip
to come.
There were plenty of things that could have derailed the Madison 56ers on Sunday afternoon.
Such as a 9-hour bus ride to Cleveland a day earlier. Or playing against an unfamiliar foe with
a unique approach and a propensity to change its style of play. And doing so on an AstroTurf field
14 yards narrower than those they're used to playing on.
A violent riot erupted following a match between Egyptian rivals Al-Masry and Al-Ahly, leaving
dozens of people dead and hundreds of others injured.
According to various reports, the still-escalating death count from the incident in Port Said,
Egypt, stands at 73, while Egyptian outlets are reporting that the country's health ministry has
said that more than 1,000 are hurt.
The longer readers of Sounder at Heart know there are certain supporters songs I don't like due
to their use of certain war metaphors. Even new readers will notice that there is very little
imagery around battles and violence in our posts about soccer. This is by choice and captures much
of how I feel about sports and why I discovered a passion for the game.
On Sunday, the Portland Timbers will, once again, head down to Los Angeles to play against the
LA Galaxy. This will be the second time this season where the Timbers are playing away from home.
Such is the way of life under an unbalanced, conferenced league. But I'm not really here to
complain about that, I'm here to make the case for why the Timbers have absolutely no reason to not
come back home with three points.
The Fire will square off in the limelight of Sunday night soccer against a foe that they will be
looking to get revenge against- the Portland Timbers. The Fire dropped both decisions against
Portland in 2011. We opened Jeld-Wen field in April, and also lost the second match at Toyota Park
later in the year.
How great would it be to have something like this at or around BBVA Compass Stadium? Destroying
the essence of our soon-to-be-departed foe. Houston Dynamo concessions people (or at least food
trucks serving crowds in the immediate environment), let's get on it!
Stadium flavor: Hex the Next
"you might have stabbed a few pretzels into a giant, jersey-wearing voodoo doll doughnut
.
With a record-breaking crowd anticipated, Chicago will open the 2012 season on the road in
Montreal. Emotions will be at peak levels for the home team when the ball drops. The long
anticipated inaugural season for the Montreal Impact is here. Once again Chicago has seemingly
drawn the short stick and been picked to be the first foe for a newly promoted club.
Back on the boards in Manchester town,
With bags of tricks to please
Even the hardest-hearted haters of fun.
And, as gay as a lark on a breeze,
To serve you well in truth and jest
And, just a touch of tease
Is Our Profession,
Boldly masked in paint and fineries.
Remember us.
Back on the boards in Manchester town
With bags of tricks to please
Even the hardest-hearted haters of fun.
And, as gay as a lark on a breeze,
To serve you well in truth and jest
And, just a touch of tease
Is Our Profession,
Boldly masked in paint and fineries.
After just a few days in the job, it appears to already be open season on Rafa Benitez. Sir Alex Ferguson mocked the Spaniard for being 'very lucky' at landing the job and now footage has emerged of old foe Jose Mourinho landing a blow just for good measure. In the build up to the [...]
The Dynamo play the third game of their late August/early September six match in 19 day
gauntlet. There is plenty of good news though as we hit the half way point. The Dynamo are 1-0-1,
fresh off their first ever in Central America over C.D. FAS on Wednesday. More importantly, the
team's depth (a word rarely associated with MLS sides) stood up well in the mid week, allowing
Kinnear to hold back most of his starters ahead of this weekend's TFC match and this coming
Thursday's trip to Honduras for their second CCL match.
The 2012 season kicked off across the nation for NCAA Division I women's soccer teams this
weekend, with Marquette scheduled to take on another nationally ranked foe, UW-Milwaukee playing
its first matches under new coach Greg Henschel and UW-Green Bay coach
Trevor Warren looking to get his team's offense going after a frustrating 2011
season.
The U.S. Women's National Team is one step away from a Gold Medal game against Japan in a
rematch of last year's World Cup Final, but to get to that game the Americans will have to beat a
familiar foe in Canada (2:45pm, NBC Sports).
The Americans are a perfect 4-0 in Olympic play, having posted three straight shutouts.
After Kerry Andrew opened our Unexpected Rivalries series back in March, we are delighted to
welcome back Andrew Harding, deviser of an eponymous blog and a man we have invited to muse on
those clubs likely to get the goat of the average Shrew. True, Hereford remain the most indelible
foe, but in the spirit of the series, Andrew, who can be followed on Twitter here, spreads the net
wider, clearly spoiling for disagreement.
A huge roar went up in the pub when Theo Walcott came on for the last 20 minutes against Ukraine
last night, England's saviour returns to thwart yet another continental foe, 'Theo, Theo, Theo'
the chant...
Ha!
Image: Four Four Two (thanks to @A_Hess for the nudge)
Haylee Eastridge, St Pius X vs Burroughs, May 2012
If Springfield Catholic returns to the Final 4 as expected, they will have a new foe for the first
time in four years. The St Vincent squad lost in their District Final on Tuesday, ending the three
year run the team had that included a Class 1 State title in 2009 when they defeated Catholic, a
3rd place finish in 2010 when they lost to Catholic in the semifinals and last year's 2nd place
finish to Catholic.
Two Sporting KC players were representing their national team at two different levels. Roger
Espinioza was away representing the Honduran national team as they took on Ecuador yesterday as
part of the international window. Espinoza started for Honduras, earning another cap, his 22nd for
Honduras. He has the fourth most caps for his national team while a member of Sporting KC, behind
only Josh Wolff, Jimmy Conrad, and Preki.
